Tips for a Healthy, Appreciative, and Grateful Brain: Eliminate negative thinking. Practicing gratitude literally helps you have a brain to be grateful for. Write 5 things you are thankful for every day so it is solidified in your brain. Express gratitude and appreciation to someone daily. Listen to brain enhancing music specifically composed to enhance creativity, mood, memory, gratitude, energy, focus, motivation and inspiration. We recommend music by Barry Goldstein and Dr. Daniel Amen.